Well, at least in the sense that Astronomy is a subject that has drawn many humans towards science. If you know Asimov's 'An Intelligent Man's Guide To Science' it starts by Astronomy, that must have a reason behind.

Well, at least in the sense that Astronomy is a subject that has drawn many humans towards science. If you know Asimov's 'An Intelligent Man's Guide To Science' it starts by Astronomy, that must have a reason behind.

Oh I meant that genuinely. I don't agree. But I hadn't thought about it before, and I think a strong case could be made. Although, ultimately it would have to be either philosophy or math I think. Though the distinction between those two and astronomy in the nascence of the subjects is certainly thin.

Edited by Equality 7-2521 - July 18 2013 at 15:51

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

I took an astronomy class last year to fulfill my science credits, and I loved it. I like spending hours wikipedia-hopping around amazing discoveries in space too. Dinosaurs are still pretty awesome though

Actually, you could say most of the astronomy is a kind of celestial paleontology. A quasar called ULAS JJ1120+0641 is said to be 13 billion light years away. Which means that this quasar may well have been extinct for 3 times longer than the Solar system has existed.

I think you may be confusing paleontology with geology. Paleontology is the study of ancient life, not objects. (Paleo = old, onto = being, ology = study).

Were you also going to solemnly postulate that quasars are inanimate objects, thus not capable of extinction?

I'm going to state they are not life.

Being animate and capable of extinction is not a definition of life. An automobile is an animate object capable of extinction, the remains of which in million years time would be the subject of archeology, not paleontology. A volcano is an animate object capable if extinction, in a million years time they would be the subject of geology, not paleontology.

"You know what uranium is, right?Itís this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things.But nobody talks about that."

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